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Officials: Floods kill at least 430 in Pakistan (AP)

Pakistani villagers move to a safe place from a flood hit village near Nowshera, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people in most severe floods in decades in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday. Hundreds of thousands more were stranded as rescue workers struggled to reach far-flung villages. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - Government officials say at least 430 people are now known to have been killed in three days of flooding in Pakistan.


Saudi, Syrian leaders visit Lebanon amid tension (AP)

Saudi King Abdullah, left, and Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, step off the plane upon their arrival at RAfik Hariri international airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday July 30, 2010. The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia have launched an unprecedented effort to defuse fears of violence over upcoming indictments in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Many fear that new violence between LebanonAP - The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia launched an unprecedented effort Friday to defuse fears of violence over upcoming indictments in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.


US expert: China oil spill far bigger than stated (AP)

In this photo taken on Sunday, July 25, 2010, a worker cleans up the oil at the Nantuo Fishing Harbor after the oil spill in Dalian in northeast ChinaAP - China's worst known oil spill is dozens of times larger than the government has reported, and some of the oil was spilled deliberately to avoid an even larger disaster, an American expert said Friday.